Indian boxer Aditya Pratap Yadav qualified for the quarter-finals in the men’s 65kg weight division at the Asian Boxing Championships 2026 with a 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia’s Mousa Alhawsaw in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Thursday.
He will next face Uzbekistan’s Abdulloh Madaminov for a place in the semi-finals.
In January earlier this year, Aditya Pratap Yadav became the national champion in the men’s 65kg division.
So far, Vishvanath Suresh (men’s 50kg), Sachin (men’s 60kg), Priya (women’s 60kg), Preeti Pawar (women’s 54kg) and Deepak (men’s 70kg) have won their opening round bouts at the Asian Boxing Championships 2026. Jadumani Singh (men’s 55kg) lost his match earlier in the tournament.
Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) and former world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) were handed byes in their respective opening rounds before the start of the tournament.
Reigning world champions Minakshi Hooda and Jaismine Lamboria, as well as Olympian Pooja Rani, are also a part of India’s squad and will open their campaign later.
India sent a 20-member boxing squad for the continental championships. Indian boxers who reach the finals in approved weight categories will secure direct qualification for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
The ongoing Asian Boxing Championships features 194 boxers, including more than 20 Olympians, from 21 national federations.
Indian boxers, including Olympian Amit Panghal, two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin, reigning CWG champion Nitu Ghanghas and former Asian champ Parveen Hooda, are not competing in Mongolia.
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